Young said during a recent conference call that he decided to turn pro when he received a wild-card invitation to a tournament in San Jose. He is excited to play, ... I'm a little nervous. I mean, I hope I don't play one of them.
Quotes about wild-card (15 Quotes)
Mariners 2, Athletics 0 Felix Hernandez allowed four hits and a walk in seven shutout innings for visiting Seattle, which left the A's 1 12 games behind in the wild-card race. Hernandez, 19, outdueled Joe Blanton and didn't complain when he was pulled. Felix, if he had a mouth full of nickels, he wouldn't give you change for a quarter, ... He doesn't speak much.
People have been saying we have the best schedule for the wild-card race, but I don't know that's true, ... These guys are tough, and we still have to play the game. Anything can happen, and obviously tonight Roger didn't have his best stuff, and they capitalized on it and we weren't able to stay in the game.
I think youre seeing playoff baseball. I think (the wild-card race) is coming down to the last week.
The schedule is the schedule, but I like my team. If there are any advantages we have (over the other wild-card hopefuls), it is our speed and the depth of our pitching staff.
This was a big division game. We were playing not just for the division but for the wild-card spot. If we lose to them, then we're tied for second in the division.
Take your biggest college bowl game. That's just the wild-card game. The next week, you multiply that. It gets big because the whole world's watching you.
We can't control what the other teams do. One thing that we have going for us, or against us depending how you look at it, is that we're playing teams in our division and teams that are in the wild-card race. We've got the opportunity to make it or break it.
Nobody ever said that the only thing that determines success is salary, is payroll. Certainly, the A's have demonstrated that. But as long as you have a wild-card system, it's possible for a number of teams to be in it.
I'm a firm believer that the wild-card teams, because they're grinding it out until the final days, have a tremendous amount of excitement. That excitement carries over into the playoffs and really helps.
Our destiny is in our hands. If we're going to win the East or be a wild-card team, now's the time to step up. Right now we're kind of even, so we're going to see how good we are.
Brett came back because he didn't want to go out the way he played in the playoffs (Favre threw four interceptions in a wild-card loss to Minnesota). It's just a shame what's going on in Green Bay. They're going through a rebuilding phase. And Brett wants to go out on top.
Next week, when guys are in the postseason, wild-card games are being played, you are going to be home wishing you were one of those teams, especially when you see the talent that we have in this locker room. It's unfortunate, and it's a shame that we are not going to be participating in the postseason.
We went through this last year. ... We're not going to get into wild-card formulas. The magic number has got to be zero to celebrate. It is one. ... It's a great feeling to know we're going to play in October, but we've always been taught you're a champion when it gets to zero.
Women's tennis has been all over the place the last few years and when you throw in injuries, it's taken on even more of a wild-card dimension.